The full court of the High Court has today begun hearing the NSW PSA's challenge to the O'Farrell Government's public sector pay cap legislation, and its claim that the laws have "critically undermined" the NSW Industrial Court's independence.
The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU and its WA construction division branch assistant secretary, Joe McDonald, to pay penalties totalling $200,000 for contempt and coercion during a bargaining campaign against a Perth construction company.
ABS national accounts data released today indicates that productivity has risen for the sixth consecutive quarter, while wage earners' share of the economy has rebounded, but due largely to a surge in redundancy payments.
The Federal Court has awarded a former CBA executive $317,500 in damages for a breach of an implied contractual term of mutual trust and confidence, finding the bank committed a serious breach of the redeployment policy in its HR manual in the lead-up to making him redundant.
The AWU has secured two separate greenfields deals with John Holland and Thiess for construction contracts on the massive Wheatstone LNG project, despite objections from rival unions that the agreements' rosters weren't in the public interest.
The Victorian Supreme Court has today agreed to Grocon's request to add eight CFMEU officials to its common law claim against the union for blockading its Emporium site, leaving them exposed to potentially significant monetary damages.
A five-member FWA full bench led by the President, Justice Iain Ross, has found that "opt out" provisions are not permitted in enterprise agreements, in a ruling hot on the heels of the Fair Work Act review panel's recommendation to prohibit the clauses.
Grocon contempt case against CFMEU to resume today; RSR Tribunal seeks submissions on work program; Strike to close Victorian state schools; and Correction to HSU article on maximum penalties.
The Federal Court has granted Bluescope Steel an interlocutory injunction to stop blast furnace workers dumping steel at its Port Kembla site, after it accepted the action "may involve a reckless destruction of property".
The HSU won't contest civil penalty charges laid against its former Victorian No. 1 branch by FWA general manager Bernadette O'Neill, while the administrator of the former East branch has substantially reduced the salaries to be paid to officials.
